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CHUYÊN ĐỀ 4: BỒI DƯỠNG KIẾN THỨC NÂNG CAO VỀ CÂU ĐIỀU KIỆN
CONDITIONS AND CONDITIONAL STRUCTURES Basic Conditions, Inversion with Conditions, Other Conditional Phrases/Structures
1 Basic Conditions, Mixed Conditions: Type 0, Type 1, Type 2, Type 3, Type 2-3, Type 3-2
E.g
1 If you want my advice, I would forget about buying a new house => If I …
(DHDL Van Hien – 2001-2002, P 188)
2 It may rain, but don’t worry I’ll give you a lift (If) => …
(If it rains, I’ll give you a lift.) (DH Thai Nguyen – 97-98, P.259)
2 Inversion with Conditions
Type 1: Should + S + V(bare), S + Will/Shall/Can/May + V(bare)
Type 2: Were + S + Complement/ To Infinitive, S + Would/Should/Could/Might + V(bare)
Type 3: Had + S + V(p2), S + Would/Should/Could/Might + have + V(p2)
Type 2-3: Were + S + Complement/ To Infinitive, S + Would/Should/Could/Might + have + V(p2)
Type 3-2: Had + S + V(p2), S + Would/Should/Could/Might + V(bare)
E.g (Elicit from part 1)
3 Other Conditional Structures
* But for/Without/If it hadn’t been for/ Had it not been for/There hadn’t been + N, S + Would have + V(p2)
If it weren’t for/Were it for/There were not/There was not + N, S + would + V(bare)
* Note: Mixed structures
E.g If you hadn’t helped me, I would not have finished this assignment
=> But for/Without/If it hadn’t been for/ Had it not been for your help, I would not have finished this assignment.
* Imperative + and …
- Miss another class and you’ll fail If you miss another class, you’ll fail
* Otherwise, or (else), so long as/ as long as, provided (that), providing (that), suppose (that), supposing (that), on the condition that, …
- Imperative, + or else/otherwise + S + will + V(bare) => Oft Type 1
E.g - Turn the heat down or it’ll burn If you don’t turn the heat down, it’ll burn
- Shut the windows, or it’ll be too cold in here If you don’t shut the windows, it’ll be too cold in here
- We’ll go as long as/ so long as the weather is good.
* In case
E.g - Take your umbrella in case it rains (not: it may rain, it might rain)
In Case thường được viết lại từ một tình huống thông thường, ít mang tính điều kiện hơn các cấu trúc khác
E.g - A phrasebook’s a good idea because you might need to ask for directions case
=> A phrasebook’s a good idea ……… ask for directions
(A phrasebook’s a good idea … in case you need to … ask for directions )
* Unless = If … not
E.g - If you don’t hurry, you will be late Unless you hurry, you will be late
- If you learn hard, you will not fail Unless you learn hard, you will fail
PRACTICE
EX I Rewrite the following sentences (Basic Conditions)
1 She met Mike when she went to Spain for her holiday last year
=> She wouldn’t …
2 If you want my opinion, it would be a good idea to stop eating so many sweets
=> If I …
Trang 25 I think you should tell the police about the accident
=> If I …
6 You’ll avoid waiting by booking a table in advance
=> If …
8 Throw a stone into water and it sinks
=> If …
9 Since you haven’t finished your homework, you can’t come with them
=> If …
10 You’re tired because you stayed up very late last night (earlier)
=> …
10 Perhaps nobody else wants to make friends with her so I might write to her
=> If nobody else …
11 You can’t make a cake without flour (have)
=> Unless you …
12 We haven’t got any money left so we can’t have dinner (some)
=> If we …
13 You should give up drinking to protect your health (would)
=> If you ……… improve your health
14 Maybe I could go to Singapore to visit you (went)
=> If I ……….……… visit you
15 I don’t speak English well enough to work for a foreign company (better)
=> If I ……… for a foreign company
16 Speak to her only if she speaks to you first
=> Don’t …
17 Please give the book back to me some time – I’d be grateful (if)
=> …
18 I’m living in Italy because I got married to an Italian (if)
=> …
19 We’ve got a broken window because you and your friends were playing football in the back yard! (if)
=> …
20 I missed the end of the film so I don’t know who the murderer was (if)
=> …
21 She is now leading a normal life as a result of all the support she received from social workers
=> If she …
22 If you were in the situation I’m in, you’d feel the same
=> If you put …
23 He warned them against using the mountain road
=> “I wouldn’t …
24 It was his own fault that he lost his job He was late for work everyday morning
=> If …
25 If we don’t hear from you within seven days, the order will be cancelled
=> Unless …
26 If you missed the programme you can’t really judge
=> Unless …
27 Would you mind helping me carry this heavy box to the car? (grateful)
=> This box is really heavy so I’d ……… help me carry it to the car
28 We didn’t stay long at the party because it was very noisy (so)
=> If ……… noise, we might have stayed longer at the party
29 Because she postponed buying the plane ticket, Vanessa lost the opportunity to go to China (PUT)
=> If Vanessa ……… the plane ticket, she wouldn’t have lost the opportunity to go to China
30 I forgot her number so I couldn’t ring her remembered
Trang 3=> If ……… I could have rung her
31 By pressing the button you lock all the doors press
=> All the doors ……… the button
32 I didn’t wake up on time because I didn’t hear the alarm clock woken
=> If I’d heard the alarm clock ……… on time
33 The reason the dog bit him was that he was in our garden bitten
=> The dog ……… if he hadn’t been in our garden
34 She wrote very fast and as a result made a lot of mistakes slowly
=> If she ……… she wouldn’t have made so many mistakes
35 Owing to technical difficulties the plane was not able to take off able
=> If there hadn’t been technical difficulties, the plane ………… take off
36 He hasn’t got enough money now because he didn’t save when he was working would
=> If he had saved when he was ……… money now
37 It’s just as well you told me or I might have married him you
=> I might have married him ……… me
38 Eating too much makes you fat eat
=> If you ……….……… you fat
39 We couldn’t play tennis yesterday because of the rain rained
=> If ……… would’ve been able to play tennis yesterday
40 If you don’t get dressed right away we’ll go without you put
=> Unless ……… right away we’ll go without you
41 We only eat there because the prices are so low charge
=> If they ……… low prices we wouldn’t eat there
42 I won’t eat any more cake because I’m full full
=> If I ……… ……… eat some more cake
43 If that noise doesn’t stop soon I won’t feel like eating put
=> That noise will ……… …… it stops soon
44 I’ll only leave the waiter some money if he’s quick tip
=> I won’t ……… he’s quick
45 Take my advice and don’t drink so much whisky! if
=> I’d drink ………you
46 Jeremy got sunburnt because he fell asleep on the beach If
=> Jeremy wouldn’t have got sunburnt ……… asleep on the beach
47 I couldn’t warn you because I didn’t know about it myself warned
=> I could ……… ……… had known about it myself
48 The reason she found out about it was that he told his sister if
=> She wouldn’t have found out about it ……… his sister
49 Not realizing how unhappy she was, he spent very little time with her would
=> He ……… … with her if he had known how unhappy she was
50 I lost her phone number so I never saw her again have
=> I would ……… I hadn’t lost her phone number
51 We’re not living together any more because she went away to university still
=> We ……… if she hadn’t gone away to university
52 She didn’t take the trouble to find out why so she doesn’t understand had
=> She ……… taken the trouble to find out why
53 He was punished for his bad behaviour badly
=> If he , he wouldn’t have been punished
54 ‘I will complete the work only if you pay me £500 extra,’ said Frank not
=> ‘I will ……….…… you pay me £500 extra,’ said Frank
55 Can you possibly get me the work as soon as possible APPRECIATE
=> I you could get the work to me as soon as possible
Trang 456 The union claims its members will only return to work if the company agrees to a meeting NOT
=> The union claims its members will the company agrees to a meeting
57 He was very quick, that's why he saved his life
=> If _
58 If we hurry up, we will get to the hospital before the operation starts
=> Unless _
59 Olivia did not concentrate so she made a lot of mistakes WOULD
=> If Olivia ……… made fewer mistakes
60 You should take the train instead of the bus were
=> If ………, I'd take the train instead of the bus.
EX II: Rewrite the following sentences (Inversions with Conditions)
1 I think I’ll leave a note on the desk in case he needs my address
=> Should …
2 We would not be able to prepare the show without the money from our sponsors
=> Were it …
3 Should you come across the missing files, let me know at once, please (happen)
=> …
4 If you come across my old wooden box somewhere in the cellar, don’t throw it away
=> Should
5 Pat let me copy her homework Otherwise I would have been reprimanded
=> Hadn’t …
6 In the unlikely event of a fire, please do not use the lift
=> Should …
7 If you should get caught doing this, you will go to prison
=> Were …
8 If you didn’t contribute generously, we couldn’t continue our work
=> But for …
=> Were it …
=> If it …
9 The whole project would have fallen through without his support and hard work
=> Had it
10 Return the product to the shop if you have any complaints about
=> Should …
11 If you do happen to see Helen, could you ask her to call me?
=> Should …
12 If the government raised interest rates, they would lose the election
=> Were …
13 Were Smith to resign, I might stand a chance of getting his job (IF)
=> …
14 They would have discovered land sooner had they carried a compass (IF)
=> …
15 You wouldn't speak English well if you didn't have more practice
=> Unless ………
EX III Rewrite the following sentences (Other Conditional Structures)
1 Without this treatment, the patient would have died
=> If he …
2 The only way to solve the problem is his help
Trang 5=> But for …
3 The best way to make them work hard is to promise them a reward
=> Promise …
4 You are allowed to play in my garden if you promise not to do anything wrong
=> So long …
5 If a fire breaks out, the emergency exit should be used (the event)
=> …
6 The ballot will be carried out on condition that there are no objections from the public
=> Provided …
7 If you don’t get down to work, you won’t be able to pass the entrance exam (otherwise)
=> …
8 Were Mike not so affluent a man, Ann wouldn’t be dating him
=> But …
9 Our experiment will be carried out only if we gather enough money (condition that)
=> …
10 Take this map, it can be very useful if you get lost in the city (case)
=> …
11 If you let him go unpunished, he will certainly do that again
=> Let …
12 If he were to propose, what would you tell him?
=> Supposing …
13 If you don’t learn to operate the computer you won’t get the job (or else)
=> …
14 If you scream again, I’ll make you leave the room
=> Scream …
15 Study hard because you may write a test tomorrow case
=> Study hard ……… a test tomorrow
16 Take a jumper with you because it might get cold later on case
=> Take a jumper with you ……… …… cold later on
17 Without your help, I would never have managed you
=> If ……… …… , I would never have managed
18 Thanks to Laura’s report I was able to finish the project
=> Had …………
19 If it hadn’t been for your help, he would be in a worse mess
=> If you …
20 Thanks to your help, I finished it in time
=> But for …
21 But for the view, this would be a lovely room (if) (BTTA 12 – P.72)
=> If …
22 I might lose my job, but they’d have to pay me a month’s wages (should)
=> …
23 If you don’t leave the building immediately, I’ll call security (or)
=>
24 Imagine a situation where sea levels rise dramatically (what)
=> What …
25 The only thing that prevented the passing of the bill was the death of the Prime Minister
=> Had it …
26 If I have plenty of warning, I’ll willingly baby-sit for you
Trang 6=> Provided you …
27 If Cathy hadn’t been so mean, we’d have had a really good time
=> But …
28 Taking the necessary precautions, you shouldn’t have any health problems (PROVIDED)
=> …
29 He’ll give you the sack if you are late for the meeting (OTHERWISE)
=>
30 If we took effective action now, we could still save the rainforests (WERE)
=> …
31 Your refusal to co-operate would cause immediate expulsion from the country (SHOULD)
=> …
32 The ban on hunting was only imposed because the minister insisted (BUT)
=> …
33 All that stood between John and a gold medal was Jim’s greater speed
=> But for …
34 Richard only took over the family business because his father decided to retire early
=> But for his …
35 Provided your handwriting is legible the examiner will accept your answer
=> So long as the examiner …
36 If the work is finished by lunchtime, you can go home
=> Get …
37 It seems unbelievable that this jewellery is almost a thousand years old when it is so well preserved (hard)
=> This jewellery is in such good ……… believe that it is almost a thousand years old
38 This holiday is within our price range, provided we don’t go to the expensive restaurants in the tourist centre
(afford)
=> We ……… as we avoid the expensive restaurants in the tourist centre
39 We will send your new passport tomorrow, provided your paperwork is in order (LONG)
=> Your new passport will ……… your paperwork is in order
40 It might get cold when you’re out this evening, so it’s probably a good idea to take gloves (CASE)
=> It’s probably worth ……… cold when you’re out this evening
41 Without the provision of spare parts for the machine, the project would have failed
=> If spare parts for the machine
42 A more gradual introduction of technology would eliminate many problems
=> Were
43 If ever a student dared to ask a question, the professor would sigh wearily
=> In the
44 I won’t stay if you don’t apologize immediately long
=> I’ll only ……… apologize immediately
45 You can eat sweets but you must always brush your teeth afterwards provided
=> You can eat sweets ……… your teeth afterwards
46 We couldn't have finished the job without your help hadn't
=> If we , we couldn't have finished the job
48 The police are ready on the streets because the protest may get violent (in case)
=> …
49 You might fall if you’re not careful
=> Be careful …
50 Without your help, I wouldn't have been able to finish the report
=> If ………
Trang 7ANSWER KEY
EX I Rewrite the following sentences (Basic Conditions)
1 She met Mike when she went to Spain for her holiday last year
=> She wouldn’t …
(DHDL Dong Do – Khoi D 97- 98, P.66)
2 If you want my opinion, it would be a good idea to stop eating so many sweets
=> If I …
(If I were you, I would stop eating so many sweets.) (DH NN Ha Noi – Khoi D – chuyen ban 97-98, P.186)
5 I think you should tell the police about the accident
=> If I …
(If I were you, I would tell the police about the accident.) (DH Da Nang – 2001-2002, P.42)
6 You’ll avoid waiting by booking a table in advance
Trang 8=> If …
(If you book a table in advance, you’ll avoid waiting by booking.) (DHDL Dong Do – 2001-2002, P 157)
8 Throw a stone into water and it sinks
=> If …
(BTTA 10 – P.108)
9 Since you haven’t finished your homework, you can’t come with them
=> If …
(If you finished your homework, you could come with them.) (BTTA 10 – P.110)
10 You’re tired because you stayed up very late last night (earlier)
=> …
(If you had gone to bed earlier last night, you wouldn’t be tired.) (BTTA 10 – P.118)
10 Perhaps nobody else wants to make friends with her so I might write to her
=> If nobody else …
(wants to make friends with her, I’ll write to her.) (might + V: chỉ khả năng ít xảy ra) (BTTH TA10 – P112)
11 You can’t make a cake without flour (have)
=> Unless you …
(have flour, you can’t make a cake.) (BTTH TA 10 – P.104)
12 We haven’t got any money left so we can’t have dinner (some)
=> If we …
(had (got) some money left, we could have dinner.) (BTTH TA 10 – P.104)
13 You should give up drinking to protect your health (would)
=>
If you ……… improve your health
(BTTH TA 10 – P.80) (give up drinking, you would)
14 Maybe I could go to Singapore to visit you (went)
=> If I ……….……… visit you
(went to Singapore, I would) (BTTH TA 10 – P.80)
15 I don’t speak English well enough to work for a foreign company (better)
=> If I ……… for a foreign company
(spoke E better, I would work) (BTTH TA 10 – P.80)
16 Speak to her only if she speaks to you first
=> Don’t …
(Don’t speak to her unless she speaks to you first) (BTTA 11 – P.90)
17 Please give the book back to me some time – I’d be grateful (if)
=> …
(I’d be grateful if you (could) give/ wouldn’t mind giving the book back to me some time.) (BTTA 12 – P.72)
18 I’m living in Italy because I got married to an Italian (if)
=> …
(If I hadn’t got married to an Italian, I wouldn’t be living in Italy.) (BTTA 12 – P.72)
19 We’ve got a broken window because you and your friends were playing football in the back yard! (if)
=> …
(We would not have a broken window if you and your friends hadn’t been playing football in the back yard.) (BTTA 12 – P.72)
20 I missed the end of the film so I don’t know who the murderer was (if)
=> …
(If I hadn’t missed the end of the film, I would know who the murderer was.) (BTTA 12 – P.72)
21 She is now leading a normal life as a result of all the support she received from social workers
=> If she …
(hadn’t received all the support from social workers, she wouldn’t be leading a normal life now.) (BD HSG
TA 11 – P.69)
22 If you were in the situation I’m in, you’d feel the same
Trang 9=> If you put …
(yourself in my position/place/situation, you’d feel the same.) (BD HSG TA 11 – P.143)
23 He warned them against using the mountain road
=> “I wouldn’t …
(“I wouldn’t … use the mountain road if I were you.” (BD HSG TA 11 – P.167)
24 It was his own fault that he lost his job He was late for work everyday morning
=> If …
(he hadn’t bee late for work everyday morning, he wouldn’t have lost his job.) (BD HSG TA 12 – P.72)
25 If we don’t hear from you within seven days, the order will be cancelled
=> Unless …
(we hear from you within seven days, the order will be cancelled.) (BD HSG TA 12 – P.84)
- Give Sb the sack: đuổi, sa thải ai đó
26 If you missed the programme you can’t really judge
=> Unless …
(you saw/heard/listened to/have seen the programme, you can’t really judge) (BD HSG TA 12 – P.126)
27 Would you mind helping me carry this heavy box to the car? (grateful)
=> This box is really heavy so I’d ……… help me carry it to the car
(This box is really heavy so I’d be grateful if you could help me carry it to the car (if you could do … => polite)
(CAE - 1)
28 We didn’t stay long at the party because it was very noisy (so)
=> If ……… noise, we might have stayed longer at the party
(If there had not been so much noise, we might have stayed longer at the party (CAE - 1)
29 Because she postponed buying the plane ticket, Vanessa lost the opportunity to go to China (PUT)
=> If Vanessa ……… the plane ticket, she wouldn’t have lost the opportunity to go to China
(hadn’t put off buying) (CAE - 3)
30 I forgot her number so I couldn’t ring her remembered
=> If ……… I could have rung her
(If …… I had remembered her number ……, I could have rung her.)
31 By pressing the button you lock all the doors press
=> All the doors ……… the button
(All the doors …… lock if you press …… the button.)
32 I didn’t wake up on time because I didn’t hear the alarm clock woken
=> If I’d heard the alarm clock ……… on time
(If I’d heard the alarm clock, …… I would have woken up …… on time.)
33 The reason the dog bit him was that he was in our garden bitten
=> The dog ……… if he hadn’t been in our garden
(The dog …… wouldn’t have bitten him …… if he hadn’t been in our garden.)
34 She wrote very fast and as a result made a lot of mistakes slowly
=> If she ……… she wouldn’t have made so many mistakes
(If she … had written more slowly …… she wouldn’t have made so many mistakes.)
35 Owing to technical difficulties the plane was not able to take off able
=> If there hadn’t been technical difficulties, the plane ………… take off
(If there hadn’t been technical difficulties, the plane …would have been able to … take off.)
36 He hasn’t got enough money now because he didn’t save when he was working would
=> If he had saved when he was ……… money now
(If he had saved when he was …… working he would have some …… money now.)
37 It’s just as well you told me or I might have married him you
=> I might have married him ……… me
(I might have married him …… if you had not told …… me.)
38 Eating too much makes you fat eat
=> If you ……….……… you fat
Trang 10(If you …… eat too much it makes …… you fat.)
39 We couldn’t play tennis yesterday because of the rain rained
=> If ……… would’ve been able to play tennis yesterday
(If …… it hadn’t rained we …… would’ve been able to play tennis yesterday.)
40 If you don’t get dressed right away we’ll go without you put
=> Unless ……… right away we’ll go without you
(Unless …… you put on your clothes …… right away we’ll go without you.)
41 We only eat there because the prices are so low charge
=> If they ……… low prices we wouldn’t eat there
(If they …… didn’t charge (us) such …… low prices we wouldn’t eat there
42 I won’t eat any more cake because I’m full full
=> If I ……… ……… eat some more cake
(If I ……wasn’t/weren’t full I would …… eat some more cake
43 If that noise doesn’t stop soon I won’t feel like eating put
=> That noise will ……… …… it stops soon
(That noise will ……put me off eating unless …… it stops soon.)
44 I’ll only leave the waiter some money if he’s quick tip
=> I won’t ……… he’s quick
(I won’t …… tip the waiter unless …… he’s quick.)
45 Take my advice and don’t drink so much whisky! if
=> I’d drink ………you
(I’d drink …… less whisky if I were …… you.)
46 Jeremy got sunburnt because he fell asleep on the beach If
=> Jeremy wouldn’t have got sunburnt ……… asleep on the beach
(Jeremy wouldn’t have got sunburnt … if he had not fallen … asleep on the beach.)
47 I couldn’t warn you because I didn’t know about it myself warned
=> I could ……… ……… had known about it myself
(I could … have warned you if I … had known about it myself.)
48 The reason she found out about it was that he told his sister if
=> She wouldn’t have found out about it ……… his sister
(She wouldn’t have found out about it … if he hadn’t told … his sister.)
49 Not realizing how unhappy she was, he spent very little time with her would
=> He ……… … with her if he had known how unhappy she was
(He … would have spent more time … with her if he had known how unhappy she was.)
50 I lost her phone number so I never saw her again have
=> I would ……… I hadn’t lost her phone number
(I would … have seen her again if … I hadn’t lost her phone number.)
51 We’re not living together any more because she went away to university still
=> We ……… if she hadn’t gone away to university
(We … would still be living together … if she hadn’t gone away to university.)
52 She didn’t take the trouble to find out why so she doesn’t understand had
=> She ……… taken the trouble to find out why
(She … would understand if she had … taken the trouble to find out why.)
53 He was punished for his bad behaviour badly
=> If he , he wouldn’t have been punished
(If he had not behaved badly , he wouldn’t have been punished.)
54 ‘I will complete the work only if you pay me £500 extra,’ said Frank not
=> ‘I will ……….…… you pay me £500 extra,’ said Frank
(‘I will …not complete the work | unless…… you pay me £500 extra,’ said Frank.)
55 Can you possibly get me the work as soon as possible APPRECIATE
=> I you could get the work to me as soon as possible